Senate GOP End of Session Wrap Up

Republicans entered the 2015 legislative session pledging to keep faith with taxpayers, focus on governing fundamentals, hold government accountable and restore public trust that was lost when Democrats enjoyed one party rule, resulting in a period of “Liberals Gone Wild” excesses. And while a politically-divided legislature made a major rollback of those excesses difficult, we emerge from the 120-day session proud of the remarkable things we accomplished in spite of the political obstacles we faced.

We focused on actions and policy changes that wouldn’t necessarily grab headlines but would bring positive improvements in the everyday lives of Coloradans. We believe the quality work we did this session help put Colorado on the much better path than the one it was walking just a few years back.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Jerry Sonnenberg (R-District 1) today announced the holding of a special August 5 public hearing, focused on the state’s conservation easement program. It’s scheduled for between 9:00 a.m. and noon in SCR 356 at the state Capitol.

Colorado Senate President Bill Cadman (R-Colorado Springs) issued the following statement today in response to the guilty verdict delivered for mass murderer James Holmes, who killed 12 people and wounded 70 more in the July 20, 2012 rampage at an Aurora movie theater.

The School Safety and Youth in Crisis Interim Committee, chaired by Senate Majority Leader Mark Scheffel (R-Parker), met for the first time yesterday. The committee will meet several times throughout the interim to discuss key issues relating to safety and threat prevention in our schools.